Arthur H. Westing Pioneer on the Environmental Impact of War /
Since the 1960s the environment has become an issue of increasing public concern in North America and elsewhere. Triggered by the Second Indochina War (Vietnam Conflict) of 1961-1975, and further encouraged by the International Conference on the Human Environment, held in Stockholm in 1972, the env...
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| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2013. |
| Series: | SpringerBriefs on Pioneers in Science and Practice,
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31322-6 |
Table of Contents:
- Part I: War and the environment
- The environmental impact of war: a personal retrospective
- What next?: a search for environmental security in war and peace
- The author's relevant papers: a selective listing
- Part II: Benchmark papers by the author: an annotated selection
- The Second Indochina War of 1961–1975: its environmental impact
- The Gulf War of 1991: its environmental impact
- Environmental war: hostile manipulations of the environment.-Nuclear war: its environmental impact
- Protecting the environment in war: legal constraints
- Protecting the environment in war: military guidelines.